Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1495. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR. Augusta, 147-175 AD. AR Denarius (3.19 g, 7h). Struck 161-164 AD. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair pulled back and tied in bun behind neck / C-E-RES, Ceres seated left on chest, holding grain ears in extended right hand, short torch cradled in left arm. RIC III 669 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 2-4b; RSC 35a; BMCRE 81 (Aurelius). Superb EF, toned. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.